~*~ The 2012 MyIGN VideoGame Tournament - Preliminary Round Vote ~*~

Greetings once more, fellow MyIGNers. The time is finally here! Welcome to the 2012 MyIGN video game tournament! This blog is going to be dedicated to the preliminary round of the tournament, where users will supply their votes for what games they feel belong in this year's tournament field.

THE MORE YOU PUT IN, THE MORE YOU GET OUT

There is a big benefit to posting a preliminary list for this tournament - your vote will be counted double once we begin the tournament itself. So if you submit lists, your vote will count for 2 points in actual tourney matches, while those who fail to submit votes will only count for 1 point per match.

In other words, those who put the most effort into this tournament will get the most out of it.

HOW TO VOTE

What I would like everyone to do is make 2 separate top 10 lists: A top ten for video games that came out before 2000, and a top ten for video games that have come out from 2000 to the present day. This is being done in an effort to get proper game representation from all eras of gaming for this tournament. I think if we just made one giant list for everything, newer games would have an unfair advantage in this preliminary round, as they are more readily on the mind. Anything can happen in a one on one tournament match, but in seeding and figuring out who belongs in this tournament, I feel this is the best route to take.

I also ask that you keep your list from 1-10 in order. Games will be awarded points based on placement, so being a user's #1 is more valuable than being a user's #10.

Sample list:

PRE-2000

1. Game #1

2. Game #2

3. Game #3

4. Game #4

5. Game #5

6. Game #6

7. Game #7

8. Game #8

9. Game #9

10. Game #10

2000-present

1. Game #1

2. Game #2

3. Game #3

4. Game #4

5. Game #5

6. Game #6

7. Game #7

8. Game #8

9. Game #9

10. Game #10

I ask that you please include a list of exactly 10 games. Putting a different number in throws the point total system off. I will not count any lists that have more or less than 10 games - Please remember this while voting.

(I should note here: If you do not have experience with one era of gaming or the other, that is alright. If you only have played games from 2000-on, submit that top 10 list only. Same if you've only really focused on games before 2000.)

When you have your top 10 lists done, please submit them in the comments section.

A FEW IMPORTANT NOTES

- For the time being, I'm going to keep this preliminary round up for 1 week. All entries should be submitted by midnight, August 12, 2012. Depending on how voting goes, I may decide to extend that deadline, but for now a week seems reasonable.

- You are free to edit your picks, I will not be doing tallies until the voting deadline has passed

- PC Games are included in this year's tournament. Please make sure to state whether a game is PC or console. While it will not affect whether a game gets in, it WILL effect which version is represented come time for the main tournament.

- Please make sure you have the right dates for your list. I won't count a vote for a game from 2002 if it's on your list for pre-2000.

- If the game is a port with some added material, include it on the list for whichever year it originally came out (Chrono Trigger DS for example, would go on the pre-2000 list). If it's a remake it would be counted toward the year of the remake. (Final Fantasy III for the DS would be on the 2000-present list).

FINALLY

As a reminder to all, since Chrono Trigger won last year's tournament, it is ineligible for this year's contest. Please do not list Chrono Trigger in your preliminary round votes, as a vote for that game will NOT count. This year we will crown a new champion, to stand alongside Chrono Trigger in MyIGN glory/infamy!

If you have any questions or need to know something, please submit those questions on my wall, in comments, or through AIM/MSN. I'm not always able to answer right away, but I promise I will get to your questions eventually.

Let's have a good time with this folks. This is meant to be fun, and a good way to get the community active and talking about gaming.